Re: sun4c (Was /etc/disktab on vax)

[Dan Oglesby <danno%serverunderground.com@localhost>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "AGC" <agcarver+netbsd%acarver.net@localhost>
> To: "Dan Oglesby" <danno%serverunderground.com@localhost>
> Cc: "NetBSD/sparc Discussion List" <port-sparc%NetBSD.org@localhost>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:08:56 PM
> Subject: Re: sun4c (Was /etc/disktab on vax)
> 
> On 6/26/2012 17:10, Dan Oglesby wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "AGC" <agcarver+netbsd%acarver.net@localhost>
> >> To: "NetBSD/sparc Discussion List" <port-sparc%NetBSD.org@localhost>
> >> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 6:39:34 PM
> >> Subject: Re: sun4c (Was /etc/disktab on vax)
> >>
> >> On 6/25/2012 16:34, David Brownlee wrote:
> >>> On 25 June 2012 21:16, Jochen Kunz <jkunz%unixag-kl.fh-kl.de@localhost>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:10:30 +0100
> >>>> David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Unfortunately I had to leave my IPX in the states when I came
> >>>>> back to
> >>>>> the UK, (but if anyone knows of one available).
> >>>> I have a SPARCstation 1 and a 2 available free for pickup in
> >>>> Kaiserslautern, Germany. I am afraid shipping cost to the UK
> >>>> would
> >>>> be
> >>>> prohibitive. :-(
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks for the kind offer though. If I ever find myself out
> >>> that
> >>> way and you still have them... :)
> >>>
> >>> Do many people have active NetBSD sun4c machines?
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have two IPXes.  One is currently running NetBSD 5.1 and is my
> >> ntp
> >> server with GPS receiver.  The other is waiting for an OS but I'm
> >> having
> >> difficulty installing NetBSD because the bootloader does not like
> >> the
> >> OBP version.  Still haven't figured out how to work around that
> >> problem.
> >>
> >
> > If you need the latest OBP burned to a chip, and can't find anyone
> > else to do that for you, let me know.
> 
> I may take you up on that.  One of the few things I don't have is a
> PROM
> writer.  But first I'll verify the state of everything when I get the
> IPXes booted again.
> 

Yeah, I had to buy an EPROM programmer/burner in order to get my own sun4c 
stuff to install the latest NetBSD a while back.  If it can help anyone else, 
I'm happy to do what I can.

I have a small pile of the AMD EPROM chips as well.  Let me know what the model 
number is for your IPX, and I'll see if I have something compatible.

I do not have the firmware for the IPX, but I think someone else just posted a 
link that might be useful.  I'll go see if I can download it from there.

--Danno